github.com/guilhermebr/docker@v1.4.2-0.20150428121140-67da055cebca/docs/man/docker-stop.1.md (about) 1 % DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals 2 % Docker Community 3 % JUNE 2014 4 # NAME 5 docker-stop - Stop a running container by sending SIGTERM and then SIGKILL after a grace period 6 7 # SYNOPSIS 8 **docker stop** 9 [**--help**] 10 [**-t**|**--time**[=*10*]] 11 CONTAINER [CONTAINER...] 12 13 # DESCRIPTION 14 Stop a running container (Send SIGTERM, and then SIGKILL after 15 grace period) 16 17 # OPTIONS 18 **--help** 19 Print usage statement 20 21 **-t**, **--time**=10 22 Number of seconds to wait for the container to stop before killing it. Default is 10 seconds. 23 24 #See also 25 **docker-start(1)** to restart a stopped container. 26 27 # HISTORY 28 April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com) 29 based on docker.com source material and internal work. 30 June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit <SvenDowideit@home.org.au>